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03331aam a2200349 i 4500 001 27C6AB46F47811EDA3FB15433FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230517010023 008 180407t20182018enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781845409852 020 $a 184540985X 035 $a (OCoLC)1030610840 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OPW $d CLE $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d UBY $d IBI $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 050 4 $a BF431 $b .D866 2018 082 04 $a 153.9 $2 23 100 1 $a Dutton, Edward, $d 1980- $e author. 245 10 $a At our wit's end : $b why we're becoming less intelligent and what it means for the future / $c Edward Dutton and Michael Woodley of Menie. 264 4 $a La Verge, TN : $b Distributed in the USA by Ingram Book Compay $c ©2018 300 $a 210 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 490 1 $a Societas 520 $a We are becoming less intelligent. This is the shocking yet fascinating message of At Our Wits' End. The authors take us on a journey through the growing body of evidence that we are significantly less intelligent now than we were a hundred years ago. The research proving this is, at once, profoundly thought-provoking, highly controversial, and it's currently only read by academics. But the authors are passionate that it cannot remain ensconced in the ivory tower any longer. With At Our Wits' End, they present the first ever popular scientific book on this crucially important issue. They prove that intelligence which is strongly genetic was increasing up until the breakthrough of the Industrial Revolution, because we were subject to the rigors of Darwinian Selection, meaning that lots of surviving children was the preserve of the cleverest. But since then, they show, intelligence has gone into rapid decline, because large families are increasingly the preserve of the least intelligent. The book explores how this change has occurred and, crucially, what its consequences will be for the future. Can we find a way of reversing the decline of our IQ? Or will we witness the collapse of civilization and the rise of a new Dark Age? 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1. Can you believe we put a man on the moon? -- 2. What is intelligence? -- 3. How and why has intelligence been selected for? -- 4. Is there evidence that intelligence was increasing up to the industrial revolution? -- 5. What is personality? -- 6. Was genius becoming more prevalent historically? -- 7. How did selection for intelligence go into reverse? -- 8. But aren't we getting smarter? -- 9. Is there really hard evidence that general intelligence is declining? -- 10. Does this mean that civilizations always rise and fall? -- 11. Did other civilizations show a rise and fall in general intelligence? -- 12. Has western civilization followed the cycle? -- 13. The dying of the light. 650 0 $a Intelligence levels. 650 0 $a Intelligence levels $x Social aspects. 650 7 $a Intelligence levels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975832 650 7 $a Intelligence levels $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975841 700 1 $a Woodley, Michael A., $e author. 830 0 $a Societas (Imprint Academic (Firm)) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117023044.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=27C6AB46F47811EDA3FB15433FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search